eni award 2009 - Università degli Studi della Basilicata

CURRICULUM VITAE
SERGIO BRUTTI
Personal Details
Birth: Roma, 2 febbraio 1976
Home address: via Giulio Braida 12, 00136 Roma (RM)
Telephones: 06 35343118 / 349 5086503
e-mail: [email protected]
Fiscal number: BRTSRG76B02H501H
Current position and titles
 Researcher (RTI a tempo pieno confermato in ruolo) at the Università degli Studi della Basilicata –
Dipartimento di Scienze – viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, 85100 Potenza (presa di servizio 21/12/2011)
 Assistant Professor (professore aggregato) in Physical Chemistry of Materials (2015/2016)
 Italian national qualification (ASN 2013) as associate professor in Physical Chemistry (chim/02)
 Invited Professor at the University of Evry Val-D’Essonne (may-june 2015), France
 Associate Member of the Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi –Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (from
march 2012)
Education
 High school degree: “Maturità Classica Sperimentale a Indirizzo Scientifico”, Liceo Classico T.
Mamiani, Roma,– Final mark 60/60 – July 1994
 Master degree in Chemistry: Università di Roma “La Sapienza” – Final dissertation “Thermodynamic
stability of the intermediate phases in the Ca-Si systes” – supervisor Prof. G.Balducci – Final mark
110/110 cum laude – May 2000
 PhD degree in Chemical Sciences: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza” – Thesis “Stability and reactivity at high temperatures of metallic borides and silicides” supervisor Prof. G.Balducci – January 2004
Previous work experiences
 PhD Scholarship - Supervisor: Prof. G.Balducci - Dipartimento di Chimica - Università di Roma La
Sapienza – research project: “Stability and reactivity at high temperatures of metallic borides and
silicides” - November 2000-October 2003
 Research Visitor – Supervisor: Prof. T:Terai – Department of Quantum Engineering and System
Science – University of Tokyo (Japan) research project “Gas-solid thermodynamics of the Yb-O-H
system” – may-june 2003.
 Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. B. Scrosati, - Dipartimento di Chimica - Università di Roma La
Sapienza – research project: “Amorphous Carbons as anodes for Li-ion batteries” – nov. 2003-apr.
2004
 Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. De Maria - Dipartimento di Chimica - Università di Roma
La Sapienza – research project: “Thermodynamics of the high temperature decomposition of
H2SO4” - May- Oct. 2004
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Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. D. Pettifor –Department of Materials, University of Oxford
(UK)– research project: “Computational study of the energetic of metallic silicides by DFT” – nov.
2004-may 2005
Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. De Maria - Istituto per lo Studio dei materiali
Nanostrutturati (CNR) Sezione di Roma1 - research project: “Ab initio study of the gaseous adducts
H2SO4-SO3-H2O” - May -June 2005
Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. Cerri - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica ed
Industriale - Università di Roma Tre - research project: “High temperature decomposition of H2SO4
by direct solar radiation” - July 2005 – Jan. 2007
Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. Gigli – Dipartimento di Chimica – Università di Roma “La
Sapienza” – research project: “Experimental and computational study of the thermodynamic
stability of intermetallic compounds” – Feb. 2007- Jan. 2009
Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Dr. K.Aifantis – General Engineering Department - Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki (Greece) – research project: “Probing the Micro-Nano Transition:
Theoretical and Experimental Foundations, Simulations and Applications” – Feb. 2009- June 2009
Co-shared post-doc Fellowship - Supervisors: Prof. Peter Bruce and Prof. Bruno Scrosati, School of
Chemistry, University of St.Andrews (UK) and Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma
(IT), – research project: “TiO2 electrodes for high-performances and safe Li-ion batteries” - July
2009 - June 2011.
Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Dr. Maria Assunta Navarra, Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza
Università di Roma (IT) – research project: “Synthesis and characterization of nenostrctured
ceramic materials for application in Nafion mambreanes” - July 2011 – Dec. 2012.
Awards and honors
 “Premio Luam 2010” for the best poster communication in physical chemsitry at the“Quarto
convegno giovani chimici – la chimica nelle nanoscienze e nelle nanotecnologie” conferito
dall’Ordine dei Chimici.
 “Premio i giovani e la Chimica 2010 – Chimica Fisica” conferito dalla Società Chimica Italiana.
Funded research projects
 Research Unit Principal investigator of the Italian National Project FIRB Futuro in ricerca 2010
“Hydrides as high capacity anodes for Li-ion batteries” (2012- 2016) – (research unit budget: 418
kE, funding agency: Italian Government MIUR)
 Principal Investigator of the research project “Synthesis of a composite material based on LiCoPO4
and its application innovative secondary lithium cells” (2013-2015) – (project budget: 56 kE,
funding agency: Area Science Park-Basilicata Innovazione) in collaboration with Johnson-Matthey
Ltd.
 Principal Investigator of the research project “Performances and failure analysis of a Na-ion cell”
(2014-2015) – (project budget: 20 kE, funding agency: Area Science Park-Basilicata Innovazione) in
collaboration with SAES Getters Spa.
 Principal Investigator of the research project “Assessment of the conditioning cycle of a Na-ion cell”
(2015) – (project budget: 10 kE, funding agency: Area Science Park-Basilicata Innovazione) in
collaboration with SAES Getters Spa.
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Principal Investigator of the research contract “Characterization of full Li-ion cells and analysis of
via-gas phase degradation mechanisms” (2015-2016) – (project budget: 45 kE, private sponsor:
SAES Getters Spa).
Research Sub-Unit Principal Investigator of the Italian National Project PRIN 2010-2011 “Advanced
Nanocomposite Membranes and innovative Electrocatalysts for Durable Polymer Electrolyte
Membrane fuel cell” ) (2013-2016) – (research sub-unit budget: 52 kE, funding agency: Italian
Government MIUR)
Other competitive minor research projects
 Principal Investigator of the research grants RIL2012, RIL2013 and RIL2015 (2012-2016) – (total
projects budget: 10 kE, funding agency: University of Basilicata).
 Principal Investigator of the computational research project “Electronic and dynamic properties of
MgB2 and related composition-modulated superstructures” - Bando B 2007 – Caspur – (2007 –
2009)
 Principal Investigator of the computational research project “DFT modelling of metallic
nanoparticles for lithium intercalation” - Standard HPC Grant 2009 – Caspur (2009- 2010)
 Principal Investigator of the computational research project “Thermodynamic modelling by first
principles calculations of metallic substitution in the TiO2 lattice” - Standard HPC Grant 2010 –
Caspur (2010- 2011)
 Principal Investigator of the computational research project “Firsts principles study of metallic and
hydride-based clusters” – ISCRA class C projects - (2012 – 2013)
 Principal Investigator of the experimental campaign project “Diffraction study of the self-discharge
phenomena of LiCoPO4 in rechargeable lithium cells” (project number 20130017 MCX beamline –
Elettra synchrotron radiation facility) (2013)
 Principal Investigator of the experimental campaign project “In situ diffraction study of the HCR of
NaAlH4 in lithium cells” (project number 20140458 MCX beamline – Elettra synchrotron radiation
facility) (2014)
 Principal Investigator of the experimental campaign project “In situ diffraction study of sodium
alanates in lithium cells” (project number 20150410 MCX beamline – Elettra synchrotron radiation
facility) (2015)
Professional societies
 Member of the Italian Society of Chemistry from 2004
 Member of the American Chemical Society from 2010
 Member of the Electrochemical Society from 2012
 Member of the International Society of Electrochemistry from 2014
National and International Conferences
(Invited Lectures)
 13th IUPAC conference on high temperature material chemistry (HTMC-XIII) – 14-19 September
2009, Davis (California, USA), lecture title “Thermodynamics at finite temperatures of the
intermediate phases in the Re-B system by density functional theory and perturbational dft
calculations”.
 Material Research Society 2011 Spring Meeting – 25-29 April 2011, San Francisco (California, USA),
lecture title “Nanostructured TiO2 for Lithium Batteries”.
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243rd Amercan Chemical Society Spring Symposium – 25-29 March 2012, San Diego (California, US),
lecture title "Nanosized advanced materials for application in lithium-ion batteries”
IUPAC NMS-VII & FCFP-XXI conferences – 16-21 October 2013, Shanghai (China), lecture title
“MgH2 conversion reaction in a lithium cells”
(Other Oral Presentations)
 Meeting on Thermodynamics of Alloys (TOFA 2002), 8-13 September 2002, Roma – Italia, lecture
title “Thermodynamics of ytterbium silicides phases”
 Primo Convegno Giovani Chimici, 15-16 June 2004, Roma – Italia, lecture title “Aspetti
termodinamici e cinetici della vaporizzazione di boruri di magnesio: implicazioni nella deposizione
di film sottili di MgB2”
 ECO-Efficiency Biennal, Terza Edizione, International Congress of Young Scientists on Hydrogen, 1821 May 2005, Torino – Italia, lecture title “Solar H2 thermochemical production and storage
systems”
 Secondo Convegno Giovani Chimici, 6-7 June 2006, Roma – Italia, lecture title “Aspetti chimico-fisici
del ciclo S-I per la produzione di idrogeno: decomposizione ad alta temperatura di H2SO4”
 World Hydrogen Technologies Convention 2007, 4-7 November 2007 Montecatini Terme – Italia,
lecture title “Study of I-/I2 poisoning of Fe2O3-based catalysts for the H2SO4 decomposition in
sulphur-iodine cycle for hydrogen production”
 Technical Meeting on the Status of Hydrogen Production (IAEA – International Atomic Energy
Agency), Vienna – Austria, 1-3 September 2008, lecture title “High temperature thermochemical
cycles for hydrogen production: the Italian national project TEPSI”
 Nanotech-Lazio: panoramica sulle nanoscienze – 22 April 2009, Roma. lecture title “Produzione di
idrogeno da energia solare: catalizzatori innovativi a base di schiume ceramiche”
 4th ITP International Symposium – 28-29 November 2011, Roma. lecture title “LiCoPO4 synthesis
via hydrothermal and solvothermal routes for application in Li-ion batteries”
 Workshop Nuove Tecnologie Energia e Ambiente – 13 June 2012, Tito di Potenza. lecture title
“Dispositivi elettrochimici avanzati per l`accumulo di energia: autotrazione ibrida vs. applicazioni
stazionarie”
 65th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry – 31 August-5 September
2014, Lausanne (Svizzera). lecture title “Self-discharge in LiCoPO4 electrodes”
 XXV Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana – 7-12 September 2014, Rende. lecture title
“The MgH2 conversion reaction in a lithium cell”
 7th Lithium Ion Battery Discussion (LIBD 2015) – 21-26 June 2015, Arcachon (Francia), lecture title
“Hydrides as novel high capacity anodes for lithium batteries”
 1st European Conference on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry – 14-18 September 2015, Catania
(Italia), lecture title “Hydrides as novel high capacity anodes for lithium batteries”
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